50th birthday weekend press release
Wyeside Arts Centre is set to celebrate its 50th anniversary with a three-day festival of arts and culture.
The well-loved institution, based in Builth Wells, will host a variety of events from October 9 to 11, to mark its five decades of service to the local community.
The celebrations will include a diverse programme of music, theatre, poetry, dance, and film.
The festival will feature performances from a range of artists and groups.
Headlining acts include Cardinal Sin, a four-piece alt-country rock band from South Wales, known for their Americana and country-influenced music.
Sarah Howells, known as Bryde, will also be performing.
She is known for her "fierce and fragile" songs, and her music has been compared to artists including Stevie Nicks, The Cranberries, and Taylor Swift.
Celebrated poet Owen Sheers, a two-time winner of the Wales Book of the Year, will provide an afternoon of poetry.
Sheers is also known for his work as an author and playwright, and has won numerous awards for his poetry.
The Mid-Powys Youth Theatre (MPYT) will be giving a teaser for their autumn show, Rumpelstiltskin, and Builth and Beulah Young Farmers Clubs (YFC) will be performing Checkmate, a production that combines chess and silent movie imagery.
A play, A Little Below Heaven, will also be screened.
The play, which covers 100 years of Builth history, features 85 local residents.
A special piece of music, Cymuned Gwy, commissioned by Wyeside to mark its 50th anniversary will also be performed.
The music, inspired by Wyeside and its surrounding landscape, celebrates Brycheiniog's lingual heritage.
Other smaller events will take place in the centre's gallery, and festival-goers will have the opportunity to take part in a quiz.
Wyeside Arts Centre has been delivering arts to local communities for half a century.
A full program of events can be found here.
https://www.countytimes.co.uk/news/26479283.wyeside-arts-centre-celebrate-50th-anniversary/
